The Virus in the Age of Madness by Bernard-Henri Lévy
epub | 263.3 KB | English | Author :Bernard-Henri Levy | B08C4SH9LQ | 2020 | Yale University Press

Book Description :

A trenchant look at how the coronavirus reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary society
With medical mysteries, rising death tolls, and conspiracy theories beamed minute by minute through the vast web universe, the coronavirus pandemic has irrevocably altered societies around the world. In this sharp essay, world-renowned philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy interrogates the many meanings and metaphors we have assigned to the pandemic-and what they tell us about ourselves.

Drawing on the philosophical tradition from Plato and Aristotle to Lacan and Foucault, Lévy asks uncomfortable questions about reality and mythology: he rejects the idea that the virus is a warning from nature, the inevitable result of global capitalism; he questions the heroic status of doctors, asking us to think critically about the loci of authority and power; he challenges the panicked polarization that dominates online discourse. Lucid, incisive, and always original,...

Category : | Two-Hour History Short Reads, Sociological Study of Medicine, 21st Century World History